Category Archives: Other renewables

Concentrated Solar Power in South Africa

Tractebel Engineering and its consortium partners* were chosen by the South African utility company Eskom to provide engineering and project management for one of the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power plants with tower technology (capacity 100 MWe) in Upington, South Africa. The project will be financed by the World Bank Clean Technology Fund, African Development … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power in South Africa

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Canadian Solar supplies modules for Turkey’s largest commercial PV project

Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, provided its CS6P-P solar modules for the first project under the new Turkish solar energy legislation, YEK (Law on the utilization of renewable energy resources for the purpose of generating electricity), for solar power plants under 500 kW. … Continue reading Canadian Solar supplies modules for Turkey’s largest commercial PV project

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Tunisia Ready to Join Desertec

“Tunisia is ready to support DII (Desertec Industrial Initiative, the world’s most ambitious solar power initiative founded three years ago,) which will allow it to diversify its energy resources, increase fourfold its power production and become an important energy crossing point with the European Union,” said Mamia El Benna Zayani, Environment Minister who represented Tunisia … Continue reading Tunisia Ready to Join Desertec

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New Zealand expertise to help with geothermal energy development in Chile

GNS Science is taking its geothermal energy expertise to Chile next week where it will run workshops in computer modelling of geothermal fields for the geothermal industry in Chile. The Chileans have asked for the two three-day workshops to learn to use a New Zealand-developed three-dimensional modelling software that improves the efficiency of developing and … Continue reading New Zealand expertise to help with geothermal energy development in Chile

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HELCO seeks more geothermal energy in Hawaii

More than 40 percent of electricity on Hawaii Island is already generated from renewable resources, including hydro, wind energy, distributed solar and geothermal power. Hawaii Electric Light Company has filed a draft Geothermal Request for Proposals (Geothermal RFP) with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC), an important step toward adding more geothermal energy to power … Continue reading HELCO seeks more geothermal energy in Hawaii

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Chinese interested in Desertec renewables project

Media reports have indicated a big interest of companies globally to invest in a European-African renewables project called Desertec. China has now also joined the ranks of those wanting to secure a piece of the pie. A large-scale green energy project by Europe and North Africa is attracting interest from firms around the globe, the … Continue reading Chinese interested in Desertec renewables project

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Construction to begin on Japan’s largest solar power and wind energy plant located in Tahara City

A groundbreaking ceremony is to be hosted this week in celebration of the start of construction of Japan’s largest solar and wind power plant, located in Tahara City. The major project will be spread over 800,000 sq m and is estimated to generate 67,500 megawatt hours of electricity each year which would be enough to … Continue reading Construction to begin on Japan’s largest solar power and wind energy plant located in Tahara City

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China’s producers protest US duties on photovoltaic solar cells

producers on Thursday protested the United States’ latest decision to slash trade duties on solar energy products from China. The decision will seriously harm the Chinese solar energy industry and exports of solar energy products to the US, said a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machinery and … Continue reading China’s producers protest US duties on photovoltaic solar cells

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Tokelau generates electricity solely from solar energy

A group of three tiny islands in the South Pacific are now able to entirely use solar power to meet their energy needs. The islands of the Tokelau territory “now have enough solar capacity, on average, to meet electricity needs,” said New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully. He went on to say that the … Continue reading Tokelau generates electricity solely from solar energy

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Ernst & Young ranks India 4th on renewable energy market potential

India has been consistently ranked among the top five countries (globally) in terms of its market potential for renewable energy. With power generation from renewable sources on the rise in India, share of renewable energy in country’s total energy mix increased from 7.8 per cent in financial year 2008 to 12.1 per cent in financial … Continue reading Ernst & Young ranks India 4th on renewable energy market potential

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Database of Photovoltaic, Concentrator Solar Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Solar Power Projects

Following a 7-year period of capacity building, aggressive pricing, and promises of grid parity, driven largely by feed-in tariffs, the solar power industry is going through a significant correction. Even as prices for solar components, particularly photovoltaic equipment, continue to fall, the solar industry must develop new business models and new markets. This solar project … Continue reading Database of Photovoltaic, Concentrator Solar Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Solar Power Projects

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Soitec secures PPA for 44 MW CPV project in South Africa

Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has announced the signature today of a power purchase agreement covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier power plant it is to build in South Africa. This signature represents a decisive step for the project submitted by … Continue reading Soitec secures PPA for 44 MW CPV project in South Africa

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Renault inaugurates the world’s largest photovoltaic system in the automotive industry

This week Renault is inaugurating 40 hectares of photovoltaic panels simultaneously at six of its French production sites. The initiative further confirms Renault’s environmental commitment and is also an innovative way of protecting new vehicles before they leave plants. Renault this week is inaugurating 400,000 square meters (equal to 60 soccer pitches) of photovoltaic panels, … Continue reading Renault inaugurates the world’s largest photovoltaic system in the automotive industry

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Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced today that it has opened a Photovoltaics Films Application Laboratory in Shanghai to help customers in the Asia-Pacific region improve how they harness the power of the sun with ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Films technologies and solutions. “Asia-Pacific is an important and growing market for our ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films and … Continue reading Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai

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Solar power project in Balochistan

Balochistan government is implementing Rs 888 million Solar Energy Home Project under which around 300 villages in parts of the province would be electrified. Provincial Finance Department sources told APP here Monday that nature had endowed the province with immense opportunities for generation of solar, wind energy and geothermal energy. “The provincial government has already … Continue reading Solar power project in Balochistan

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Abengoa begins construction on two CSP plants awarded by the South Africa DoE

Khi Solar One and KaXu Solar One, will be the first concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in South Africa and will use advanced technology specifically developed for the country’s needs. Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has begun construction … Continue reading Abengoa begins construction on two CSP plants awarded by the South Africa DoE

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Algeria eyes 40 pct of power production from wind energy and solar power by 2030

Algeria will be generating 40 percent of its local power production from renewable energy by 2030, CEO of government-run energy supplier Sonelgaz, Noureddine Bouterfa, said Sunday. “The government earmarked a budget worth 60 billion U.S. dollars to carry out this objective, as part of Sonelgaz’ national program of renewable energies development (2011-2030),” Bouterfa was quoted … Continue reading Algeria eyes 40 pct of power production from wind energy and solar power by 2030

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